The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-07
ODDITIES AT LONG BRANCH.
ourrn POINTS NOTED Nv THE CROWD.
ED SUAIMER CITY.

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ourEn POINTS NOTED IN THE CROWD.
ED SUMNER CITY,
u o..rre and Dr. McGiynn In swiu,-
,,,or-Poor Eiisa-A Monster sneene-kc-
,,.rk 70 q Hsrss-Ladies After Bnrrains.
Lone BRANCH, Aug. 6.-Severd days
steady broezo from tho 500 has blown tho
,oosouitos away from the shore. the forty-one
heavy railroad trains OF tho past twenty-four
hours have brought In multitude OF visitors
,or sunday and Long Branch is q great place
10 seo people azily enjoying themselves. The
hiopest hotels have turned applicants away
,or avery bed was engaged as carly as FridaJ.
and cots are sct up in every available spo :.
Tho overflow has made several less favors ID
houses temporarily prosperous. This ID
booming Saturday night In this region.
Among tho 10000 persons assembled betwe'n
ssabripht and Elberon thero are bound TO Dc
few oddly interesting ones. Edward heron-
Allen, the hand render, has gone away. after q
s,av of n week, and he was most diverttng
r,";,or He IL a connolly young follow. but SO
rare hundreds OF others at the Same crowded
hotel, It was his waltzing that distinguished
hin, above all competitors. Edward wasn't
doino we'll with his mind reading. Nine per-
sons. all deadheads. responded to his call for q
Isctpre audience and they were dismissed. No
,,no ~ eager applicants for seances waited ct
IN. door OF his room with IS bills In their
hands. It is rotated that one shrewd woman
ofnred to pay his price for character
ohart Of her hands II he would manicure
thau, into the bargain, but he Indignantly
rcfuseJ. One evening. as the dances were
Going on in the great parlor. Mr.. Heron-Allep
snncared with a partner for the waltz. sfS,
was A graceful. pretty girl. and she dance
conyentionally: but the hand reader had q O.
yisod something curious In the waltSinR . 80
Of his feet. Instead Of making the presorib cd
stops for each round, he hoped twice and
then walked with long strides-a queer, inilo-
lent saunter-around the girl. He kept In
time with the music. so that his partner was
not put out: but his dance was walk, like
dandy craft who had suddenly ceased to mind
his rudder, and was circling instead OF going
straight ahead. People crowded to the doors
and windows to gaze in wonder at the per-
formanco.
"Icswnt boar to be stared at" he said. after
It was done: is an awful boah."
But he did it again every evening, and his
business at hand reading improved. "Sweei.
are the uses Of advertisements"
Actresses are not conspicuous this season.
Usually each hotel has several. and they are
apt BY good looks. odd dressing. and pie
This year the Hollywood has q rollicking
i Instance. The dramati people are Lying
told told that the nolsiest actress on the shore Is
BY gwen s S to her Identity, He said: There
one time or another she had a sneaking idea
leaves hsr BY ne time she Is g. friend q
@ ny He had made his mind that he
srei h sG ssns KY ntm
bes had prSSse sn asksd n as
m ssseh Mr. RoMer
inquired who was employing him. and how
mSSn e Mrs.. Biimmer smpersd. and O. 4
that she had taken Q few lessons. looke'1 q
heF in She Rain f
foot, standing guard over mouth that VA
T sas s
her recite. depraved curiosit". fed to an i'm
mediate acceptance zee She bssr 70 excuse
Of theatrical pictures Q nd collections Q
psys until aaot T Issv sta 81
sappnss .e esE hsad L sas
sins under douSaa eh 6Gpes T Il G sssr
essssn velvet .sim nasa With rsbbi. 81
3 Salssas ssss hss
comm .snced The scene cen with Wae6sth In the sec
s fhs Eliza me fs soe said
A great deal Is sntd about the SOCIAL status 9
tho people, who come to Long Branch. II
ns and 50 bad are others but Il is certain tia
the manners OF Long branch are much bette
distinctive Si eosrseness Of shoddyism Is gone
The multiplication. Of the summSr population
has seemingly not Increased the III be hs
and IL countenanced principally by the Wa!
street people. 80 numerous here. The brazel
more, sxcursionists do not extensively invad
the place. tasteful elegance easily dominate
the small SsT dc
asan nS a avsnss Ths
ev eve i The Re Meyer Orchestra there make
the only famous music Of Long Branch. an
SsFes AND ts
psot seaah II the sss eals s
park races: dudes promenade with the girls
fine dress Is the rule; noted politicians SIT u
tns s and 70 the @
women. and children thus assembled on I'M
premises very rarely show any; tndec3Inm
@ a%S ifaRs Ssa
Long Branch Is not deteriornting. Its toni
has Improved within q decade.
A few days ago the bathers at one Of thu
beaches were surprised BY the sight 81 tw'
wretohed- looking. il!-fltting suits approaching
The surf. Not that these suits were any woIs s.
on the same pattern as all the concessions u
the proprieties peddied out to men %ho t Nan
faces were SO particularly wolf known tina
their situation, seemed grossly tncongru9H,s
shavon cheek. chin. and lip. His eyes looke'
out with grave expression from under shay.
brows; his head was bent forward slightly q
no walked. and the broad shoulders seemed I
have been rounded with toll over books; hi
mstry. At his side was q little man whose bal
crown came only to the big mans shoWder
carried his finely formed head very strsiglt an
swung his arms to and fro as he Walked b
Indicating considerable athletic power. Th
first was DR.. Edward MGGlynn and the seeon
their tumbling 10 watch them. and the spects